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IBM to Use Linux in Mobile Devices

Updated Feb. 13, 2003 11:59 p.m. ET

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International Business Machines Corp. said Thursday it would use software maker Trolltech's Linux-based software suite, Qtopia, on future mobile devices as an alternative to competing Palm Inc. and Microsoft Corp. PocketPC technology. Oslo-based Trolltech would receive payment for the deal, said to be worth $10 million to $20 million in license fees over the next three years, Trolltech spokeswoman Tonje Sund said. An IBM spokeswoman, Angelique Faul, said that figure is an...